Setback for Djokovic ahead of his match against Sinner at the Australian Open

This Friday the Australian Open will experience its men’s semifinalstwo exciting rivalries that will reveal the names of the stars in Sunday’s grand finals.

Undoubtedly, the highlight of the day was between candidate Jannik Sinner and champion Novak Djokovic. The world number 1 starts as a slight favourite, albeit in the final hours He was disappointed when he found out the time of the game.

And it was that The organization has decided that this will be the first semi-final and, therefore, it will start at 04:30 in the morning Spanish peninsular time, 2:30 pm in Melbourne.

This time slot is Nole’s favorite, especially suffering from the high temperatures of the southern summer. and in recent days he has made it clear that he prefers to play in the afternoon session, after 7 pm in Australia.

So, it will be Medvedev-Zverev that will occupy the prime time and will start at 09:30a logical decision considering that the Russian and German will have one less day of rest and their matches will be long and tiring.

In addition, Zverev sealed the victory against Alcaraz at 01:15 in the morning. He reached the locker room with his eyes closed. He suffered blisters on his right foot and extensive disfigurement.

so, Djokovic will have a harder time finding a new final at the Australian Openhis favorite Grand Slam, while this is the first time Sinner has played a semifinal in Melbourne.

The last three meetings between them were two matches in the ATP Finals (group stage and final), as well as in the semi-finals of the Davis Cup. Sinner scored the Finals group stage clash and the Davis matchwhile Balkan overtook him in the finals of the Finals.

Sinner became the second Italian to reach the semi-finals at Melbourne Park and he joins the feat of Matteo Berrettini who achieved it in 2022.